Tiers Vineyard is the lowest and warmest in the Piccadilly valley. The viticultural paradox of a warm site at a cool location, achieving exemplary ripening conditions in the cool, dry and sunny autumns. The vines are hand pruned, shoot positioned and fruit thinned. Grapes are hand picked before de-stemming, crushing and gentle pressing. The cold juice was then allowed to settle by gravity in tank, before racking to new Vosges oak barriques for fermentation. At sugar dryness, the barriques were topped and gently stirred weekly until malolactic fermentation was complete. The wine was then allowed to settle before clear racking and bottling. Tiers is aged in bottle under the Petaluma cellars for development before release.